Worrying about each other
With this economy down and getting weaker every day, it is causing each of us in the manufacturing business to start looking over our shoulder, wondering which of our suppliers will be there when we need them and wondering which contract manufacturer will be there in the months to come. We just heard about another component supplier that bit the dust and word on the street has it that some electronic contract assemblers are on the ropes.
Even though we at Global Manufacturing Services, Inc. are in relatively good shape, some of our customers are showing more interest in out vitality than we are accustomed to. We expect to be among the contenders for the “last man (or woman) standing”. We expect to suffer some and we are changing our way of doing business, but on balance we consider that a good thing.
So if you or anyone you know needs an electronic device assembled; then we are one of your best choices, as we fully expect to weather the storm and prosper.
Our offshore partners in Thailand and China are also doing well thanks to prudent management. So we can do the high mix, low volume here or we do high volume, low mix in China or Thailand. Check us out at GMS, Inc.